28-Day Blog Challenge

Tomorrow is the big day! February 1st is the start of a new month and a blank slate for your blog. Enter: the 28-Day Blog Challenge.

The idea:

We all make blogging resolutions, to-do lists and wish lists. But how many of us actually commit to putting some of those goals into action? For 28 days, we’re going to spend time reworking, refreshing and rethinking our blogs, social media spaces, community and more.

The changes can be big — go self hosted! create a new header! make some new Twitter lists! — or small — comment on a new blog! update your about page! check your blog for bad links! — and the beauty of the challenge is that you decide what to do.

Every time you make a change, head to the official #28DBC Challenge hub and let everyone know what you did, with a comment, a photo or a video. That’s also the place to go to ask questions, find new blogs and celebrate the great work that we’re all doing.

This is key: You make your own entries! So you can tailor the Challenge to your needs. It doesn’t matter what platform you’re on, how many readers you have, how much money you have to spend, etc. You can come up with 28 things that apply to you.

But if you need a few ideas, how about these prompts?

28 Suggestions:

Blogging

Add/update categories (BONUS: Add/update menus and navigation bars)

Update and enhance your About page (BONUS: take new headshot and add to sidebar)

Update and enhance your Contact page

Add to/update your subscription options (BONUS: Add email feature)

Update and enhance your sharing options (BONUS: Make sure that your Twitter name is pre-populated in any sharing tools you have)

Find your five most popular posts and edit for grammar, broken links, add new information/photos (BONUS: Do this for your 10 most popular posts)

About Katy

Katy Widrick is a multimedia producer and online marketing consultant at MakeMediaOver.com. A NASM-certified personal trainer and AFAA-certified group exercise instructor, she writes about healthy living in a hectic world -- a balance between fitness and friendships, all built through social media. But her favorite job is mom to two beautiful girls.